DEC officials said today they will not pick up Chris Deverso's 10-year-old pet snakehead fish today, as originally planned.

"We kind of wanted to do this low key,'' DEC Lt. Don Pleakis said. "The word of protesters and news crews kind of changed the scenario for us, so we're going to just pull back and look at all the options.''

Pleakis said he wasn't sure when the DEC would take the fish and kill it.

"Chris still has to give up the fish; he knows that,'' Pleakis said. "But for me to go over there today . . . it's not just a good situation.'' To read the full story, click here.